All 3 Uses of
embedded
in
The Hot Zone
- The button was a dot the size of a toast crumb, embedded in a tiny plug of yellow plastic.†
p. 191.5 *embedded = firmly within; or placed firmly within
- Nancy collected some pieces of sterilized liver and spleen that were embedded in wax blocks, and she put the blocks in a Styrofoam cup to take back to Fort Detrick for analysis.†
p. 242.1
- It is embedded with stone logs, the remains of a tropical rain forest that was swept up in the eruption and buried in ash and mud.†
p. 399.9
Definition:
firmly within; or placed within
in various senses, including:
- firmly stuck into -- as a thorn into a finger
- enclosed within -- as a fossil within a rock
- implanted as a part -- sometimes specifically of a reporter
- integrated in hardware -- as of a computer chip
- firmly set within -- as of a character trait